Mondly
Course app: short daily lessons across many languages, with a chatbot.
Prices checked 17 Oct 2026; Mondly's on 6 Oct 2026 · How we check
Is Mondly worth it?
Our pick: Best on a small budget.
Yes, if you want short daily lessons in one of 41 languages for a small yearly bill.
What it costs. A year of one language costs $47.99 ($4 a month); month to month is $9.99; all 41 languages are $74.90 a year in the App Store.
What's free. Free version with Daily Lessons, the Hello category and a chatbot lesson.
Skip it if you want lessons that go deep into grammar: it is built on short daily lessons and a chatbot.
What learners rate it. 4.7 out of 5 from 33,226 ratings in Apple's US App Store and 4.5 from 927,579 on Google Play, checked 11 Oct 2026.
What unhappy reviewers mention. Of the 122 one- and two-star reviews among the 500 most recent in Apple's US App Store, 36 mention the price, billing or the subscription; 8 bugs, crashes or the app not loading; and 8 speech recognition or the microphone. Read 15 Oct 2026; a review can mention several.
$47.99 a year $4 a month, billed yearly · Premium
In our comparison: strongest on the number of languages and price, weakest on the free tier.
- Annual plan
- $47.99 a year ($4/mo)
- Monthly plan
- $9.99 for one language, $15.90 for all its languages
- Lifetime plan
- —
- Free tier
- Free to keep using
Free version with Daily Lessons, the Hello category and a chatbot lesson. - Languages
- 41
- Speech recognition
- Yes · Mondly's App Store description names voice recognition and speaking practice; it does not say how it marks what you say.
- Live tutoring
- —
- Offline mode
- —
- Placement test
- —
- CEFR levels
- A1 to B2 (by course: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean A1 to B2)
- Refund or trial
- 7-day free trial
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
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How a Mondly lesson works
- What you do
- Short daily lessons with pictures and audio, plus a chatbot you can talk to.
- What comes back
- Automatic: exercises are marked, and speech recognition scores how you say words. No person checks your work.
- Not included
- A live teacher.
How a lesson works in a course app
Plans and prices
Every consumer plan on Mondly's own pricing page or app-store listing, in US dollars unless marked. Per month is the plan price divided by its term. Each price is what the seller was charging on the day we checked it. When a plan was on sale, its regular price is shown under the sale price; a crossed-out figure that is only a comparison, such as a year at the monthly rate, is in the plan's note.
| Plan | Billing | Price | Per month | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium yearlyPremiumA "starts at" price; Mondly doesn't say how many languages it covers. | Annual | $47.99 | $4/mo | one language |
| Unlimited Access - 12 Months (iOS in-app purchase)PremiumApple's US App Store price. | Annual | $74.90 | $6.24/mo | all languages |
| Premium monthlyPremiumA "starts at" price from Mondly's Android subscriptions page. | Monthly | $9.99 | $9.99/mo | one language |
| Unlimited Access - Monthly (iOS in-app purchase)PremiumApple's US App Store price, which differs from Mondly's Android prices. | Monthly | $15.90 | $15.90/mo | all languages |
What will Mondly cost you?
Total billed over 12 months
$71.89 less on annual billingOne yearly payment of $47.99.
What each plan covers. Monthly: one language. Yearly: one language.
Before subscribing, compare trial, cancellation and refund terms, including how purchases through an app store differ.
How to cancel Mondly, and how refunds work
What Mondly says about itself
| Feature | What Mondly says |
|---|---|
| CEFR levels | A1 to B2 (by course: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Korean A1 to B2) |
| What it is | Course app of short themed lessons, vocabulary builders and a speaking chatbot, with a VR app sold separately. |
| Languages offered | 41: Afrikaans, American English, Arabic, Bengali, British English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese |
| Free tier | Free version with Daily Lessons, the Hello category and a chatbot lesson. |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, Web |
| Offline mode | — |
| Speech recognition | Yes · Mondly's App Store description names voice recognition and speaking practice; it does not say how it marks what you say. |
| Live tutoring | — |
| Placement test | — |
| Refund or trial | 7-day free trial |
| Company | Mondly by Pearson (ATi Studios A.P.P.S. SRL), Romania |
How Mondly compares
Mondly is strongest on the number of languages and price, weakest on the free tier. Each criterion is scored out of 5 from what each app says about itself and from independent reviews, to compare apps that do the same job; it is not a review of the app. How we score.
| Feature | Score (of 5) | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching depth | 3 | Short daily lessons across many languages, with a chatbot |
| Speaking practice | 3 | Speech recognition scores your pronunciation |
| Language coverage | 4.5 | 41 languages |
| Free tier | 2.5 | A free account with limits |
| Price per month | 4 | $47.99 a year $4 a month, billed yearly · Premium |
| Trial and refund | 3 | A 7-day free trial |
| Offline use | 4 | — |
| Staying power and bugs | 3 | Mixed reports on staying power |
Use the CEFR level guide to interpret the range above and compare published course levels.
Languages you can learn on Mondly
42 languages as listed by Mondly.
How far its courses go
- Spanish, German: A1 to B2; 300+ lessons across 50 topics.
- French, Italian, Japanese, Korean: A1 to B2.
- Chinese: Beginner, intermediate and advanced courses.
- English: level not stated; 300+ lessons in 50 topics.
Afrikaans, American English, Arabic, Bengali, British English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
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References
- Mondly: Android subscription prices (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- Apple App Store: Mondly listing (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- Mondly: languages (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- Mondly FAQ: what the free version includes (checked 6 Sept 2026)
- Mondly: about
- CJ Affiliate: Mondly's advertiser page (checked 12 Oct 2026)
- Test Prep Insight, the reviewer used the app (2 Apr 2026)
- Multilingual Mastery, the reviewer used the app